KOLKATA: On Friday, metro services experienced a significant disruption due to a technical malfunction in the signalling system that occurred between Park Street and Esplanade stations, as reported by a spokesperson from Metro Railway. This unexpected issue led to a temporary halt in train operations along this stretch.As a result of the detected glitch, trains were only able to operate between the...
COIMBATORE: The district crime branch (DCB) of the Coimbatore rural police arrested a 24-year-old woman on Thursday for swindling Rs 73 lakh from the account of a fuel outlet at Chettipalayam from 2019-2022. The woman bought 10 cents of land in Karachery village near Kinathukadavu for Rs 20 lakh and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) worth Rs 19.5 lakh. The police seized land documents, the SUV, Rs 90,000...
MUMBAI: With less that a week left for much-awaited Ganeshotsav, Mumbaikars are set to get first glimpse of famous Lalbaugcha Raja on Friday.The unveiling of idol will be live-streamed on the official YouTube channel of the mandal at 7pm.The mandal, which has been in existence for over eight decades, draws devotees from across Maharashtra and even from other states.The crowd puller idol of Lalbaugcha...
NEW DELHI: A soldier has gone missing amid the ongoing encounter between security forces and terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir's Anantnag district.The encounter began on Wednesday evening after a combined force of the Army & Jammu & Kashmir police launched an operation to hunt down terrorists in the forests surrounding Gadool village of Anantnag's Kokernag area. The operation was carried out...
CHENNAI: A lovesick man drank poison at the house of a woman after she and her parents turned down his marriage proposal in Chengalpet on Friday. Even as the shocked family was watching him emptying the poison he had brought along, Karthik, 30, attempted to stab the woman.In the melee that followed, an aunt of the woman suffered a stab injury on her neck in her bid to foil his assault. Karthik died...
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has taken a grim view of the allegations that gangsters involved in organised crimes are threatening witnesses from inside prison. Such actions strike at the core of protection of witnesses, who are the eyes and ears of the judicial system and the only means to reach a just decision to bring home the guilt of an accused, it underlined.In a recent order, the court directed...
MUMBAI: Appearing for the first time for a hearing on disqualification petitions filed by the rival Shiv Sena factions, MLAs from both the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde camps made written submissions before speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday. The hearing which followed the Supreme Court order was, however, marked by allegations from the Uddhav Thackeray camp that the speaker was deliberately...
NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc is aiming to resolve the bulk of the seat-sharing talks by the end of this month even as it realises the problems that await in states like Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. According to sources, the exercise is already underway and the parties hope to get a substantial part of the negotiations done by September 30. "At best, we will complete the exercise...
GURGAON: Gurgaon Police on Thursday arrested a man accused of opening fire and injuring a man during the communal violence in Haryana's Nuh, officials said on Thursday.The police, acting on an FIR registered on July 31 at Sohna City police station, arrested Mohammad Kaif.A Vishva Hindu Parishad-led procession was attacked by mobs in Nuh on July 31. Six people were killed, most of them during the attack....
Isro has achieved another milestone as live-streaming of Chandrayaan-3 soft-landing on the Moon, which took place on August 23, garnered over eight million viewers, the highest in YouTube history.YouTube chief Neal Mohan has extended his wishes to Isro for achieving the streaming milestone with India’s historic launch on the Moon. Posted on his X’s timeline, Neal Mohan said, “This was so exciting...
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